Foreword and Preface by Michael Martin; Texts; Introduction The Causes and Types of Deserts; The Locations and Sizes of Deserts; The Landscape Features of Deserts; Live and Survival in the Desert The Plants of the Desert; The Animals of the Desert; Human Beings in the Desert; From Exploration to Exploitation The History of Desert Discoveries and Desert Research; Deserts: What Does the Future Hold? Images; The Deserts of Asia The Deserts of Arabia, Middle Asia, Iran and Afghanistan, India and Central Asia; The Deserts of Australia The Great Sandy Desert, the Great Victoria Desert and adjacent areas, the Simpson Desert and adjacent areas; The Deserts of the Americas The Great Basin, the Mojave, the Sonora, the Chihuahua Deserts, the Atacama Deserts; The Deserts of Africa The Namib, the Kalahari, the Danakil, the Sahara
